Australian Aborigines

Résumé du livre

Examines the relationship of Aboriginal peoples to land and the environment; describes traditional land use, land rights and development of Aboriginal cattle stations; compares population structures particularly for rural areas; gives history of impact of Europeans on the land, pastoralism in desert areas resulted in conflicts, such as Coniston massacre; case studies of Warlpiri social structures, Yuendumu and its outstations, Willowra, Mt. Barkly stations; Gunwinggu seasonal land use, Wreck Bay and mining negotions with Gagudju Association and Argyle Diamond Mine; tourism at Uluru.